| Show IN FAR OFF SAMOA A new hew contributor writes interestingly ot of the islands A beautiful picture ast as viewed from the sea location of the mission house amid trot troll cal trees lill jot I 1 arn am at this iriti 11 riling og located fourteen degrees south latitude upon one of the south sea islands called upolu second in size eie belonging to the samoan group it presents a cry beautiful picture coming in on the ste steamer alner one vast fore 1 is all that can bo be seen sloping from the mountain top to the sea shore chore with a native hut but here and 9 a beautiful clear stream there to break the monotony our eyes were directed ton aids the elevated eleva ted spots gazing upon tile the chanut palms aud and other tio tropical growth groi th that covet s the island and add to lo make the situation mote moie picturesque a cataract can be seen here and ami there falling over a clift which adds to the grandeur ot of tile scene after an hours time the stranger stran gei beeh quite at home we were conveyed to the shore in a small low boat by a native who seemed v v rv ry anxious to receive his dues clues w huh was as a shilling each ve ne paid him I 1 lion 10 ever without having words and walked down the plin principal cipal street breet of abia apia th ams s is the pin inin st tipiti dr the islan aits its population numbering something like five hundred half of whom are said to ile be hermans germans who seem to control the business amaila tu a great degree of the islands after several to some of the native saints we continued our journey onward to the Al ision mis ion located three miles epst of apia abia in a village called fagauli fagalii 1 llie he house is situated on the sea bei be i shore and is bur surrounded rounded on the south east and west with co c banut breadfruit and banana trees on the north with the broad expansive ocean making quite a desirable place to visit cibit just JUA 01 a aholt distance to the east lies a vast cocoanut coco anut plau plantation tation containing in the neighborhood of four thousand acres owned mil and con controlled tooled oled by the germans in going through this plantation the beautiful lies u ticul scenery extends to the stranger etringer an invitation that cannot be rejected lie strolls along beneath the sh adois 6 of the cocoanut coco anut palms and partakes of the richness of its fruit and stops and views the beautiful scene and marvels at tile borks of nattile A yoke of oen can call be seen here and there drawing a load of coco coa anuta nuts the dumb brutes are not driven but led by a lope attached to gotlie the neck or horos horns I 1 he nuts are arc taken to the station located on th ill plantation and made ready for dis to various parts of the v n oi 01 id for manufacturing purposes bet etc etc the habits babits and customs of the n native people are eom hat strange to a utah missionary when he fiott at a rives and in my next I 1 will cn endeavor to give some of the characteristics acte which are most prominent allow me to say that tin Joli iAAL is a R vi welcome elcome Nisi ai torand is much appreciated by yours truly jos E jr sim simar Si Mtr ark upolu samoa oct lib 1895 |
